06-13-2009, 04:37 AM
Matt wrote:
....this 'flexibility'/'springiness' is another assumption. I have asked elsewhere if the 'springiness/flexibility' is found in reproductions, only to get no response ( and there are a number of members who own recreated 'linthorakes' ). I have asked if the same visual effect - i.e. standing up -might not be caused by a fairly thick shoulder piece simply being thrown back, and not being 'springy' at all.......
Quote:The problem seems to stem from the observation that in many depictions the shoulder 'flaps' are up, thus suggesting the armour is flexible, which seems perfectly reasonable, and indeed multi-laminar glued linen is very good defense- but only when dry.
....this 'flexibility'/'springiness' is another assumption. I have asked elsewhere if the 'springiness/flexibility' is found in reproductions, only to get no response ( and there are a number of members who own recreated 'linthorakes' ). I have asked if the same visual effect - i.e. standing up -might not be caused by a fairly thick shoulder piece simply being thrown back, and not being 'springy' at all.......
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(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
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